Catenaries of Constant Length
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% P2=(0.2998/0.905) m2=10.0
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% P2=(0.7218/0.618) m2=2.0
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% P2=(0.7703/0.5662) m2=1.6667
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% P2=(0.8081/0.5207) m2=1.4286
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% P2=(0.8381/0.4806) m2=1.25
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% P2=(0.862/0.4454) m2=1.1111
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% P2=(0.8814/0.4142) m2=1.0
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% P2=(0.8972/0.3866) m2=0.9091
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